I have a WASR and I'm trying to disassemble the bolt, following the instructions from and other videos, trying to push it out from the side opposite the extractor.

All the videos show the firing pin retaining pin sliding right out with gentle finger pressure.  This one feels like it's welded in.  I am whaling on it with a dead blow mallet.  I have broken two punches and it hasn't budged.  Any ideas?

Thanks.

Have you tried soaking it in penetrating oil?

I'll try that next.  Thanks.

It took a 72 hour soak in WD40 and two bent punches, but the pin finally came out and after that getting the bolt the rest of the way apart was not difficult.  I found the extractor spring caked in rust and the spring slot inside the extractor clogged with rust.  I am mildly astonished the rifle still functioned.  I cleaned it out, scrubbed off the extractor spring and reused it since I don't have a spare, gave everything a very light coat of Mobil 1 5w30 synthetic, and got the bolt back together.  I hope it'll come apart easier the next time.  The punch in the cleaning kit is still quite a bit oversized to fit the firing pin retaining pin hole through the bolt, but that's minor.

Thanks again.